The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-10-01

Hon. Robert Briggs and his wife, with
the ringing in Of very estmabe lady
relative AS second villain IN the drama.
Indeed those who delight to wailOw
In the mire of social scandal have had
"A surtelt of that sweet morsel' To roll
under their tongues. A pcrusal of
i've or six columns of the Examiners
trash for il Is neither truth, nor de-
Gently tOId-ieads Us To sum up nil
this vile stuff IN the Examiner, under
glarinS head lines. To amount TO some
thing like this Mr.. Briggs, with the
connivanco at Mrs. Yates (nis wifc's
mOtherI, had Mrs. Briggs examined on
"A trumped up plea Of insanity, aud 10
this scheme an honorable Judge, phi
ant physicians, high in their prOtes-
sion, AMI su5Servleut witnesses lent
themselves To have Mrs. Briggs trail.
roaded" off 20 DIR. Clarks' private asy.
lum at Stockton. The motives rs
81 sned for this unlawful and cruel
| proceeding are that the husband WAS
infatuated with another woman, and
the mother mad with her and not in u
condition to realize what she doing.
Stripped Of all supsrhuUus verbiage,
this is about the sum aud substance nj
thu Examiners expose. AMI it is
enough, ii it were true. But il is not.
1t 1t with reluctance that the News
refers to this subject vt all; and We
only 10 50 lest our silence 10 con.
strued US acquissing in the truth of
the Examiner charges. II il easier To
blitlIe fair names than 10 restore thu IN.
anil in this the Examiner has prob.
ably succeeded where the accused are
but partially known; but here in Fay.
ar an throughout White Pine county.
few it any will believe that the hus.
band, mother and friends plotted To
have sane woman sent To mad house.
We know These people too long and
toO we'll To for u moment entertain
such belief. A more kind-hearted
man than Mr.. Briggs would bc hard to
ind. AS for Mrs Yates, whom the
people of this section have known tor
years, they will not believe she could
be party To any scheme against her
daughters welfare. she has always
been fond and lndulgent mother aud
good member of socIety.
What. then. are the true facts Of this
unhappy domestic case. We happen
tn know something about it. II is
simply this +: Mrs. lbrigSs has for
same time been the unhappy sufferer
of mania which II times becomes
uncomfortable, frequently assuming the
form 0f violent Jealousy other huband,
WIN every one l,ero knaws never gave
any cause for tlie indulgence OF such n
whim. IL WAS whi.e laboring unier
ons If these spells that Mrs. Yates
autographed the lady's husband To
come at once To San Francisco II the
side 0f his wife. We couversed with
Mr.. Briggs tie night before he left,
and with heavy heart and tears IL
his eyes he bid Us goodbye. Arriving
in san Francisco, a consultation at
friends AMI two eminent physicians
WAS held Mt which il WAS deemed best
10 send the lady H. the asylum, ann
tho necessary leagal forms weie had,
with the single exception that instead
of being sent to n public asylum. she
was taken 10 II private one. where she
was surrounded with all the comforts
her condition rrquired-nn elegantly
furnished suit al rooms. with fruits,
flowers and all the attentions than n
good husband could provide. Ali
this goes to prove conclusively that
the hub mi AMI mother were actua:ed
by no sinister motives. but by the
kindliest feeling for the lemrnted one
in placing her where there were hopes
at n speedy cure. Nor did they keep
lie affair II secret. Many knew 1t
here, though Of course 1t was not n
pleasant subject for the relatives 10
talk about.
That Mrs. b. isstill laboring under a
hallucinatiun ut some kind is evident
from her statement given in the Elk
aminer. Evil advice and an unhal.
anced mind must certainly lrAve led To
this great scandal. The innocent par
ties to the sad affair nave the sympa
thy nf all people VINO know they did
only what the believed Was for the best
for their unfortunate relative. AT this
distance il looks as if the unfortunate
principal in the affair were in the hand
of her rnemies-gree'ly lawyers. who
will endeayor tn thoroughly bleed